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Steven Lubet is Williams Memorial Professor at the Northwestern University School of Law, and the author of Fugitive Justice: Runaways, Rescuers, and Slavery on Trial.

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opinion

Was Clarence Thomas Fooling Us Then or Now?

FOOL ME TWICE

The Supreme Court justice is talking out of both sides of his mouth when it comes to reporting lavish gifts from his conservative billionaire pals.

Steven Lubet | Published Jun 12, 2024
opinion

Alito Is Just Begging for Regulations on Supreme Court

SCOTUS STAREDOWN

His defiance over ethics concerns only drives home their importance, and how much more robust standards need to be applied to the high court.

Steven Lubet | Published Sep 25, 2023
opinion

An Enslaved Blacksmith Had to Enslave His Family to Be Free

JUST CALL IT EVIL

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis touted the “benefits” of slavery, but the formerly enslaved Allen Jones’ story demonstrates what a sick lie that is.

Steven Lubet | Published Aug 04, 2023
opinion

Death Penalty Opponents Downplay Mass Shooter’s Antisemitism

OLDEST CONSPIRACY THEORY

Capital punishment is racist and immoral, but a recent op-ed co-written by a current and a past ACLU director breezes past the killer’s Jew-hatred in arguing against his execution.

Steven Lubet | Published Jul 05, 2023
opinion

Yale Law School Needs to Stand Up to This Bullying Judge

THIS ISN’T LEGAL

Why is the most prominent legal academy in the country bending to the will of Judge James Ho, an anti-cancel culture crusader threatening to boycott its students?

Steven Lubet | Published Nov 18, 2022
opinion

Antisemitic Conspiracy Theories Are Going Mainstream

PROTOCOLS

A prominent professor speculated that the assassination attempt on Salman Rushdie could have been part of an Israeli conspiracy. What should we call that?

Steven Lubet | Published Sep 03, 2022

Meet the Palestinian Terrorist Who Lied Her Way Into America

SHAPESHIFTER

Israel had convicted Rasmea Odeh of murder, a fact the Palestinian terrorist freely admitted, except when she didn’t.

Steven Lubet | Published Jan 10, 2022

Millard Fillmore’s Tumble From Nobody to Racist Pariah

Here’s Your Hat

The 13th president is one of the latest victims of cancel culture. Turns out no one deserves it more than the man who signed the Fugitive Slave Act and cheerfully enforced it.

Steven Lubet | Published Sep 06, 2020
opinion

It’s High Time We Killed the College Admissions Essay

DISCUSS

Here’s one good thing about the scandal of rich parents bribing, cheating, and lying to get their kids into college: It underscores the uselessness of the admissions essay.

Steven Lubet | Published Mar 23, 2019

Trump's Views On Due Process Are Straight Out Of Slavery

UGLY PRECEDENT

The president and Attorney General Jeff Sessions have no patience for what they regard as the niceties of the Constitution when it comes to immigration.

Steven Lubet and H. Robert Baker | Published Jul 27, 2018

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